Students in Northern Ireland can win £250

The UK Financial Ombudsman Service is trying to raise awareness of their services  young people in Northern Ireland . They are  running a competition, with prizes of £250 and £100 (and the same amount to your college), for Northern Irish students between the ages of 16 and 21.

To enter you need to design a PR or marketing campaign for the ombudsman, such as:

  • designing a web page (or social-networking page)
  • producing a script for a podcast or online video
  • writing an article or feature
  • designing an advert or an advertising campaign

Full details of the competition are on the Financial Ombudsman Service website.

The deadline for entries is the 5pm on 30 April 2009.

The Financial Ombudsman Service is an independent service for settling disputes between financial companies and their customers and the service it provides is completely free